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Show CHIEF OF RUSSIA'S ARMY I i I ' " " ' fez F if A Mm The czar is nominally the supreme su-preme commander of the Russian army as well as of the Russian navy, and it is understood that when war was declared he was ambitious to place himself at the head of the troops in the field. But he has been persuaded per-suaded to delegate the supreme command com-mand of the army to his cousin, the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevltch. The czar would not be an Inspiration to his soldiers, lacking the military appearance and the personality essential essen-tial to an actual leader of men. The Grand Duke Nicholas, on the other hand, is a soldier in looks, one of the tallest men in the army, and the finest cavalry officer of the empire, em-pire, making a splendid appearance on a horse; and a commander of long experience who was one of the chief officers of the Russo-Japanese war. His executive ability was apparent when he acted as the head of the mill- I . tary commission in charge of the closing clos-ing operations of this war, and he has been able to cope successfully with revolution in Russia itself. |